TeX Collection DVD

The TeX Collection is the name for the overall collection of
software distributed by the TeX user
groups each year. Please consider joining
TUG (or the user group best for you) or making a donation to support
the effort (and receive the collection on DVD).

The TeX Collection DVD for 2018 was released in April 2018. The
various components are also available over the Internet via the links
below. It contains the same basic components as in previous years:

TeX Live: a comprehensive cross-platform TeX
system. It includes support for most Unix-like systems, including
GNU/Linux and MacOSX, and for Windows.

MacTeX: an easy to install TeX system for
MacOSX, based on TeX Live. It also includes a native Mac installer, the
TeXShop front-end,
and additional Mac-specific tools.

proTeXt: an easy to install TeX system for
Windows. It is based on MiKTeX, with
a detailed document to guide your installation and additional
Windows-specific tools.

CTAN: the Comprehensive TeX
Archive Network, a set of servers worldwide making TeX software publicly
available. The DVD contains a snapshot of the German CTAN node. The snapshot is
available in the TUG members
area; it is a strict subset of what is on the public servers.

The TeX Collection DVD contains all of the above software.

All of these projects are done by volunteers. If you'd like to help
with development, testing, documentation, etc., please visit the project
pages above for more information on how to contribute.

The TeX Collection is a massive effort. Thanks to the hundreds of
people involved, from all parts of the TeX world: the contributors
uploading new packages to CTAN, the CTAN maintainers for providing a
central repository to draw from, the people building the binaries on a
wide variety of platforms, those helping test the results, the
developers supporting the software upon which it all rests, the user
group members keeping the infrastructure provided by TUG and all the TeX
user groups viable by their support, and Donald Knuth for starting it
all.